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Definition for Leaven

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Leaven:

Leaven is a food ingredient that causes dough to rise via fermentation.  Yeast is a common leavening ingredient.

Use of the word leaven is found mostly in the Books of Moses in the Old Testament, where as yeast is more commonly used throughout the Bible.

See the entry for yeast for more information about the symbolic meaning of leaven and yeast, us well as unleavened.

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